Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:00 am
WockyChocky wrote:WARNING about the star mappers: Be real careful with what you are doing. It would be very easy to slip over the line where you have a program solve your puzzle instead of doing it yourself.
DarkFire, you have done great stuff here, please don't get frozen for going too far with it - or what TNT thinks is too far.
Valid concern, but there's no way for TNT to know if we're using the program since the program doesn't actually touch the neopets site. And for that reason, DF's in no danger.
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:01 am
farside wrote:Mxytdvc wrote:Anyhoo, I did notice something interesting. You can't connect to a star that's already in the constellation. Which means, if we have to get 12 constellations, it's probably going to get a bit crowded....
Yup, and that's a good thing. By the 12th constellation, there'll be so little open space left on the map, it should be blatantly obvious.
Assuming, of course, that our sky doesn't shift our current constellations out....
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:05 am
WockyChocky wrote:WARNING about the star mappers: Be real careful with what you are doing. It would be very easy to slip over the line where you have a program solve your puzzle instead of doing it yourself.
DarkFire, you have done great stuff here, please don't get frozen for going too far with it - or what TNT thinks is too far.
Technically, the people who write these sorts of programs would indeed be solving their puzzles themselves. They just choose a really wacky way of doing it. After all, they have to tell the computer all the steps on how to solve the puzzle, which is the program, before the computer can actually solve it. Computers are like glorified supercalculators.
However, the same can't be argued for people who use those same programs but didn't write them.
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:06 am
Oh well aye if I wrote a program that threw flashing red alerts at your constellation the moment you put your data in maybe. But for the moment this is doing less than most of the plot solutions all over the place *shrug*
On another note...why did they have to write that txt like that *sigh* I split() to split the strings into array and for each new char they use to deliminate I have to use a new split() and consequently a new array and consequently a new for.
Anyone have any better ideas please holler, it's 4am and my minds gone mush.
On another note...why did they have to write that txt like that *sigh* I split() to split the strings into array and for each new char they use to deliminate I have to use a new split() and consequently a new array and consequently a new for.
Anyone have any better ideas please holler, it's 4am and my minds gone mush.
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:14 am
darkfire wrote:Oh well aye if I wrote a program that threw flashing red alerts at your constellation the moment you put your data in maybe. But for the moment this is doing less than most of the plot solutions all over the place *shrug*
On another note...why did they have to write that txt like that *sigh* I split() to split the strings into array and for each new char they use to deliminate I have to use a new split() and consequently a new array and consequently a new for.
Anyone have any better ideas please holler, it's 4am and my minds gone mush.
Truley DF, we care about you too much to allow your brain to go to mush-at least for to long anyway.
Go to bed.
Don't be like my dad and stay up 'till 5 am...which by the sounds of it your going to do. Get sleep!
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:30 am
Is there a clickable link to access your star data? If so, can someone please tell me where? *puppy dog eyes* Pwetty pwease?
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:31 am
Candycaneofdoom wrote:Is there a clickable link to access your star data? If so, can someone please tell me where? *puppy dog eyes* Pwetty pwease?
alright alright....since you did the puppy dog eyes..lol
http://www.neopets.com/altador/astro.phtml?get_star_data=1
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:33 am
Aye I put one on the boomspeed page, right at the top... but here's one for you as well:
CLICKIES HERE
CLICKIES HERE
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:34 am
has anyone found a new cons? i think the next one is the sleeper!
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Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:36 am
the sleeper was the first one
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:37 am
zinger124 wrote:has anyone found a new cons? i think the next one is the sleeper!
I think the brain mush count is growing
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:43 am
ashbashed wrote:zinger124 wrote:has anyone found a new cons? i think the next one is the sleeper!
I think the brain mush count is growing
I'm not alone!
Well people, I'm off for bed... (guess who's not going to class tomorrow).
Any quick questions or comments before I go? I'll probably not be back for a while.
(On dial-up, telephone costs horrendous, only salvation - between 7pm and 7am (and on weekends tween 7pm Fri and 7am Mon) local costs have a max of 7 bucks i.e. can't go higher)
Ooooh note of interest in the last 2 and half hours the mapper has had 3800 hits... no wait... that's scary.
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:46 am
acinom131 wrote:Candycaneofdoom wrote:Is there a clickable link to access your star data? If so, can someone please tell me where? *puppy dog eyes* Pwetty pwease?
alright alright....since you did the puppy dog eyes..lol
http://www.neopets.com/altador/astro.phtml?get_star_data=1
Well, thanks, and to DF too... but I meant is there a clickable area in Altador or in the observatory or something. Thanks though, guys!!!!
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:58 am
ashbashed wrote:zinger124 wrote:has anyone found a new cons? i think the next one is the sleeper!
I think the brain mush count is growing
Add me to the list- I didn't realize until chi chi pointed it out. I was just like 'Oh, I thought it would be hunter since he was mentioned in the dark faerie's story, like she was in the intro.'
I wonder if that's TNT's real goal with this plot- turn all our brains to mush so we won't bug them for another plot or something.
Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:58 am
GOD IM DUM!!!sorry, i ment the dreamer! 